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Kids will be scared if people including adults, panic. Teach them by example to be calm and sensible around wild life and then teach them about the creatures and how to respect them so they can live alongside humans and other animals.
Lizx

Hi Guys

Thank you all for your coments.

It was frightened but also some of the younger kids where.

Kate

We are on the edge of town, so get country foxes around, the dogs have been known to chase one whilst out walking in the fields.

Have seen one in our garden recently and a couple of years ago a cub got drowned in a water butt.

There is apparently a badger set on the other side of the wall at the end of the garden. Our neighbour is trying to stop them undermining the wall !

Bats are protected---men are'nt!

Have them in our garden, when the cat is out, they just look at each other, as the fox passes to go in next door's garden.

I was in the garden one day and a fox came along carrying one of it's cubs in it's mouth, took no notice of me.

I agree though, keep all rabbits, and other such pets, and chickens locked up if you dont have your eye on them.

My daughter had two foxs familys at the top of her garden she has two boys and a dog they only came down the garden when there was know one about we would watch them from the window Valxxx

We have then visiting in our garden daily,no problem at all.**M**.

One of our friends has a graveyard at bottom of their garden & they get foxes & deer through the hedge. Have been lucky to see both. Unfortunately the only foxes & badgers we usually see are squashed on the roads.
Yes, I would be one to encourage it into my garden.
~~~~~~~~~~waves back to Tina~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hilary. xx

maryjane-sue:-))
I love your reply,you are so right:-)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~waves to Hilary~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You are welcome.

(our foxes have not smelt and one of them was a dog).

We had quite a few earlier on in the year but they seem to have gone. Our favourite one - whom we hand fed and came knocking on the patio door for his supper - yes you read read - he would scrap the patio door and sit and wait - we have not seen for a while. We are concerned that he may have got run over.

We have allotments at the back of our gardens so plenty of wildlife lives and roams there.

Tina xx

The fox is yet another wild animal who has taken advantage of humans litter and waste. We (the human animal) leave our towns/villages/countryside littered with food and other rubbish, then get upset when the fox, pigeon and rat population grows and moves into towns etc.

Tip for the school? Instruct children (and staff) to disgard their waste food and other rubbish safely and securely. If there is nothing around for the fox to eat, he will go elsewhere.

Fox kills indiscrimanently? Bit like humans eh? lol

I have never had a problem with them

have a resident family of foxes at the bottom of my garden , they rarely come up to the house end of the garden only to drink from the pond when we are in the house

they are timid and even frightened of the cat who chased one away one day.

they will not attack the children , treat them the same as a dog if you are cruel to them they may turn.

some do carry mange but i've never heard of an british fox carrying rabies

found this info on our local council website

do not worry about the fox he was more frightend of the children than they where of him


Do Foxes Harbour Rabies?
No. Rabies has not been found in the United Kingdom for some considerable time. However, if rabies does come to the UK, Local Authorities have emergency plans which do include the rural and urban fox.



Are Foxes a Hazard to Pets?
Firstly, foxes do not attack dogs because they are simply too large and aggressive. Attacks on cats are not unknown but are rare. Typical cat/fox encounters are characterised by mutual fear and respect. Foxes do, however, attack pet rabbits and guinea pigs, so every effort should be made to protect them with weld mesh and sturdy hutch construction. Foxes do not mate with either cats or dogs as both are biologically different.



Do Foxes Attack Man?
Attacks are very rare and are normally the result of provocation or cornering. Whilst some urban foxes seem to be fearless of man, the first instinct on coming into close contact with a human is to escape. Many people express concern regarding foxes and young children, fearing that foxes will attack them when they are at play. But unlike other members of the dog family, there has never been a recorded case of a child being attacked by a fox, urban or otherwise

Have a look on here.

http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/urbanfoxes/urbanconflict.html

Marion

Going to live with Tina. I think all wildlife is beautiful & think the children were lucky to have seen a fox. Like Liz says a wonderful oppurtunity to start a wildlife project at school. Usually the only reason foxes are around humans is because we have left so much mess behind. Unless it was hurt there would be no danger from it. If it was hurt it would'nt have run off like it did.
Hilary. x

It's no more likely to spread disease than any other wild animal and will run off if approached.

Just leave it to get on with its life.

Well OH and I have HAND fed foxes in our back garden.

We love them they are cute and part of the countryside and have every right to roam this planet the same as us. We also have badgers who roam our garden as well. Plus the occasional rat, dog, cat, mouse, frog, toad, worm, ant, hedgehog, bats, squirrel, ferret, sloe worm ..........

Tina x

2 foxes broke into my hen run this morning and killed my chooks, so not feeling very kind towards them. My 9-year-old tried to chase them off and is very upset as she treated the hens as pets.

They're usually very timid, but this time of year are much bolder because they have cubs to feed.

Foxes have more protection under UK legislation than the foetus in the womb.

have you thought that maybe one of the children could be leaving food for it?
Its possible:-)

I LIVE IN SORT OF TOWN
WE HAVE HAD FOXES
RUNNING AROUND ALL
NIGHT
THERE FASINATING
AND SO FAR IN 40 YEARS
NO PROBLEM